Uchiha Shin followed Jiang Ziyi to the rear mountain, where they found an elderly man inside a thatched hut.
"This is one of the elders of our Jiang Clan. Just call him Elder Jiang," Jiang Ziyi said.
Uchiha Shin stepped forward and bowed to the old man.
The old man smiled and nodded.
Jiang Ziyi told Elder Jiang what had happened, and after hearing it, he understood.
"Originally, there were three families here at Skybreak Cliff: our Jiang Clan, the Shang Clan, and the Zhou Clan. We were here to guard the Heavenly Zither Cauldron," Elder Jiang said to Uchiha Shin.
Uchiha Shin's heart stirred upon hearing of the Heavenly Zither Cauldron. He had come here precisely to find it.
"However, the Shang Clan has now swallowed up the Zhou Clan, and all of the Zhou Clan's direct descendants have died."
Elder Jiang continued.
"But the Shang Clan fabricated a story, claiming that the Zhou Clan was harmed by Sun God Xihe. They said that Lady Xihe did it to seize the Heavenly Zither Cauldron and free herself from the Heavenly Platform. There is currently no proof of how the Zhou Clan died, but we know that it definitely was not the Sun God's doing. It was the Shang Clan."
Uchiha Shin nodded.
"This marriage between Ziyi and you was meant to stop Shang Giant Crocodile from oppressing our Jiang Clan, to keep him from marrying Ziyi. Once he marries Ziyi, he will have a chance to obtain the Heavenly Zither Cauldron," Elder Jiang continued.
"Why is that?" Uchiha Shin asked.
Elder Jiang said, "To retrieve the Heavenly Zither Cauldron, the purest bloodlines of all three families must activate it together."
"Shang Giant Crocodile has already obtained the Zhou Clan's bloodline. So long as he obtains our Jiang Clan's bloodline